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Saturday, 19 October 2013

Send in the Clowns

Zomtober 2013 - post #3

Isn't it rich?

Are we a pair?

Me here at last on the ground,

You in mid-air.

Send in the clowns.

A somewhat rushed, Zomtober post #3 sees these stunning sculpts from 'Tengu Miniatures' rise and join the ranks of the undead. Essentially the same design they come with a different right arm, head and tie to allow for a variety of poses. When it came to the painting I drew inspiration from a variety of sources, for example the chap with the bow tie was based on the zombie clown that makes an appearance in the climatic scenes of the wonderful 'Zombieland' as for his companion, well let's just call him 'Donald' and assume he had a dubious Scottish ancestry!

I'm afraid, I've fallen behind somewhat on replying to comments and have missed a great many posts on the erstwhile blogs that I follow; fortunately there is some respite in sight and an opportunity to catch up once again.

And I've always thought that Clowns were impervious to the Zed virus. Something in their make up, I think, neutralizes the virus. That's why so many Clowns do zombie jokes. If a clown can get them laughing, he can save a lot innocent citizens from being a Zed meal. Sorry, my mind just drifted a little bit off center.

As if some people didn't find ordinary clowns scary enough, now you've given us Zed-clowns! :)

Hmmm, here's a thought - maybe Donaldson is the mystery source of the Zed contagion, having started to spread it through the *cough* beef *cough* in the burgers sold in his chain of fast food outlets....

Superb painting Sir M! I hate clowns! When I was a lad my Dad used to paint pictures. He painted a very jolly happy looking clown and hung it in me and my brothers room. At night he happy and jolly clown turned into one evil looking fecker and used to frighten the bloody life out of us! Did I say I don't like clowns???